January 31, 1902.] 



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* Campbell, D. H. 'On the affinities of certain 

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SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



At a recent meeting of the American Acad- 

 emy of Arts and Sciences of Boston, the fol- 

 lowing were elected: E. B. Wilson of New 

 York, as associate fellow; Julius Hann of 

 Vienna, E. E. Lankester of London, V. A. 

 H. Horsley of London, F. Delitzsch of Berlin, 

 and S. K. Gardiner of Sevenoaks as foreign 

 honorary members. 



Johns Hopkins Uni\'ersity will celebrate 

 on February 21 and 22 its twenty-fifth anni- 

 versary, when President Eemsen will be for- 

 mally inaugurated. Dr. D. C. Gilman, presi- 

 dent emeritus, will deliver the commemorative 

 address in the afternoon of Eeb. 21. This 

 will be followed by an official reception to the 

 delegates, and at eight o'clock in the evening 

 there will be a general reception. President 

 Remsen will make his inaugural address on 

 Feb. 22, in the afternoon. In the evening the 

 annual banquet of the Alumni Association 

 will be held. 



The medals and funds of the Geological 

 Society of London will this year be awarded 

 as follows : The Wollaston medal to M. Fried- 

 rich Schmidt of St. Petersburg, the Murchison 

 medal to Mr. F. W. Harmer, and the Lyell 

 medals to Mr. E. Lydekker and Professor An- 

 ton Fritsch, of Prague; the Wollaston fund 

 to Mr. L. J. Spencer, the Murchison fund to 

 Mr. T. H. Holland, the Lyell fund to Dr. 



